Job overview

We are looking for UK NMC band 6 registered Midwives to work within our core community midwifery team. 

As a core community midwife, you are responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care provided in community within in our maternity services. Taking part of an on call rota to provide a homebirth service and escalation to the main unit.  Working autonomously within guidelines and the sphere of professional practice, on a 24-hour basis, you will provide direct care to women and birthing people and their babies. You must have completed a recognised preceptorship package and be proficient as a Band 6 midwife.

The postholder will act as a role model for junior staff and support the delivery of evidence-based care while contributing to the future development of the maternity service

Key Working Relationships

• Director and Head of Midwifery
• Inpatient and outpatient matrons
• Labour ward co-ordinators
• Midwives and midwifery support workers
• Obstetricians
• Theatre teams
• Safeguarding teams
• Community Midwifery teams

Main duties of the job

Undertakes a range of midwifery skills which include;

• Conducting homebirths and being on call 
• Being on call for escalation into the main unit
•  Performing key obstetric skills venous sampling, perineal suturing, epidural top-ups
•  Responsible for developing midwifery led programs of care for women which include care planning.
• This will include managing a caseload and public health education, until such a time when the woman is discharged or transferred from midwifery care
• Refer women to the multidisciplinary team members for appropriate care as required.
• Provide public health advice and support to promote healthy lifestyles for mother and baby.
• Responsible for managing and prioritising own workload against the needs of women and the service
  needs.
• Delivers care interventions and specialist advice within the maternity to promote flexibility and choice for women.
• Orders investigations/test and prescribes medicines within agreed guidelines and policies.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.